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President Rodrigo Duterte calls out Facebook for the alleged censorship of advocacy pages supportive of the government. The President of the Philippines expressed its dismay on his weekly televised address over the accounts taken down by Facebook which found links to the Philippine military and Philippine police. If you are promoting the cause of the rebellion, which was already here before you came, and thousands of my soldiers and civilians dying, then if you cannot reconcile the idea of what your purpose is or was, then we have to talk,” Duterte stated. Presidential spokesman Harry Roque shared that stopping Facebook from operating in the Philippines would be highly disadvantageous as Filipinos are part of a huge chunk of the social media networking site's users with 74 million accounts. However, he finds cites reports that Facebook took down verified accounts to the AFP and PNP while allowing accounts that let citizens directly participate in the overthrow of the Duterte administration. President Duterte has officially signed the Telecommuting Act into law, which allows telecommuting or working from home as an alternative work arrangement for employees in the private sector. President Duterte's administration has announced that its Philippine Infrastructure Transparency Portal, build.gov.ph is now up and running. Read more in our articles including "Duterte calls out Facebook for removing accounts, Congress to investigate the issue" and "'Work from home' bill signed into law".